7 hilarious reasons Jon Stewart was the best thing on TV

Let’s face it: mainstream television news has been reduced to shouting matches and fluff.

Let’s face it: mainstream television news has been reduced to shouting matches and fluff. We’ve got Bill Maher, who creates controversy for the sake of it, and his right-wing counterpartSean Hannity. Thankfully, we had Jon Stewart. Intelligent, funny, fantastic Jon Stewart, a welcome presence among his peers’ bulging eyeballs and forehead veins.